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| + | Common Name: compact dodder<ref name="Weakley 2015">Weakley AS (2015) Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Herbarium.</ref><ref name="USDA">USDA NRCS (2016) The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 24 January 2018). National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC 27401-4901 USA.</ref> | ||
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| − | ==Description== | + | Varieties: ''C. compacta'' var. ''compacta''; ''C. compacta'' var. ''efimbriata''<ref name="Weakley 2015"/><ref name="USDA"/> |
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==Ecology== | ==Ecology== | ||
===Habitat=== <!--Natural communities, human disturbed habitats, topography, hydrology, soils, light, fire regime requirements for removal of competition, etc.--> | ===Habitat=== <!--Natural communities, human disturbed habitats, topography, hydrology, soils, light, fire regime requirements for removal of competition, etc.--> | ||
| + | ''C. compacta'' is found on herbaceous and woody hosts in bottomland forests, stream banks, marshes, swamps, pine savannahs, wet fields, and other wet habitats.<ref name="Weakley 2015"/> | ||
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Revision as of 15:12, 24 January 2018
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| Photo by the Atlas of Florida Plants Database | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida - Dicots |
| Order: | Solanales |
| Family: | Cuscutaceae |
| Genus: | Cuscuta |
| Species: | C. compacta |
| Binomial name | |
| Cuscuta compacta Juss | |
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| Natural range of Cuscuta compacta from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Common Name: compact dodder[1][2]
Contents
Taxonomic Notes
Varieties: C. compacta var. compacta; C. compacta var. efimbriata[1][2]
Description
Distribution
Ecology
Habitat
C. compacta is found on herbaceous and woody hosts in bottomland forests, stream banks, marshes, swamps, pine savannahs, wet fields, and other wet habitats.[1]
